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Page14.Qxd (Page 1) MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Kohli, debutant Kishan power India to Medal presentation ceremony of series-levelling win over England Inter-Zone Sports Meet held AHMEDABAD, Mar 14: stand for the second wicket. Excelsior Sports Correspondent whereas Divya Bharti, Nisha and whereas 10000 mtrs, Mohd Kishan was caught plumb Priya clinched top three medals in Rafeeq, Ram Raj and Mohd Ashraf Ishan Kishan's fearless in front of the wicket by Adil 47-52 kg and in 52-57 kg, Kavita, stood 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively half-century on debut and Rashid in the 10th over but JAMMU, Mar 14: The medal presentation ceremony of various Pooja and Preeti stood 1st, 2nd and and in shotput, Arun Sharma, skipper Virat Kohli's perfect- he had done his job by then. 3rd respectively besides in 57-63 Ashish Pandita and Farooq Ahmed ly paced knock set up a Kohli and Rishabh Pant events including Bodybuilding (men), Powerlifting (men-women, kg, Rajni, Priya and Mamta won remained 1st, 2nd and 3rd respec- series-levelling seven wicket (26 off 13) then shared 36 Mayor Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Junaid Azim Mattu Judo men, Athletics, Archery, top three medals while in 63-69 kg, tively. win for India in the second runs for the third wicket felicitating a winner at Gulmarg. Wushu and Taekwondo was con- Inderjeet Kour, Pooja and Pooja -II In Wushu 60 kg, Ashiq Majeed T20 International against before the latter gave a sim- ducted in Inter-Zone Sports Meet- got gold, silver and bronze medals and Aadil Ahmed stood 1st and England here today. ple catch to Jonny Bairstow 2021 at Gulshan Ground, here and in 69-76 kg, Seema Devi, 2nd while Mohd Ashraf and Zahid Kishan smashed 56 off 32 off Chris Jordan in the 14th 3rd Ski Mountaineering today. Mariyam and Sudesh Kumari Ahmed shared bronze medal, balls at the top of the order over to raise England's SD Singh ADGP, Security/ secured gold, silver and bronze whereas in 70 kg, Atul Sharma, and felt completely at home hopes. Director SKPAU/SSG J&K was medals respectively. In 76-84 kg, Ajaz Ahmed Pala and Yashpal on the big stage, having But it was not to be as C'ship concludes at Gulmarg the chief guest besides SS Kotwal- Zareena Akhter, Nisha Rani and Sharma clinched top three medals played enough IPL cricket in Kohli anchored the chase SSP Security Jammu, Mohan Lal Nilofer Jaan secured top three and in 75 kg, Abdul Rashid, Rajesh a similar environment. perfectly. The skipper ended Excelsior Sports Correspondent Mayor of Srinagar Municipal SSP, AD Outdoor SKPAU, Mohd medals respectively and in above won gold and silver while Atul Corporation who witnessed the 85 kg, Sayeed Ulfat, Salma Bani Sharma and Muzaffer Ahmed Chase master Kohli (73 the game with a six off GULMARG, Mar 14: Ghulam Aslam Choudhary, SSP CID Hqrs not out off 49 balls) took Jordan. closing ceremony and distributed and Mohd Shabir SSP, SO to and Usrat Fatima bagged top three jointly clinched bronze medal Mohd Wani secured three medals the prizes amongst the winners. medals. besides in 80 kg, Mohd Ishfaq and charge after Kishan's dis- Earlier, Indian bowlers in different events and declared Commandant General Home missal to power India to vic- Ishan Kishan playing shot against pulled things back brilliantly He congratulated the organisers Guard along with others officials In Judo men, Zulfkar Ali, Arundeep Singh bagged gold and England during T20 match at Best Ski Mountaineer, whereas in for conducting a successful tour- Parviaz Ahmed and Mir Zubair silver medals and bronze medal tory with 13 balls to spare. in the last five overs to con- sprits mens event Ghulam were present during the event. Ahmedabad. nament during these challenging Today various matches of stood 1st, 2nd and 3rd in below 60 was shared by Arif Ali and Hilal The Indian bowlers put up cede 34 runs in the last five Mohammad Wani got first place a disciplined effort to restrict England to 164 for six in 20 overs. weather/pandemic times and Volleyball, Kabaddi and Handball kg, whereas in 66 kg, Rohit Ahmed Bhat, while 90 kg, Ranjit while Ishfaq Ahmad Mir Kumar, Ajay Singh and Manohar Saini, Rohit Chib and Balbir Singh overs after Kohli opted to Sent into bat, England suf- hailed the sportsman spirit and were conducted at DPL Ground bowl. remained 2nd and Tanveer the efforts put in by the partici- Jammu, whereas matches of Lal clinched top three medals and stood 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively SCOREBOARD fered an early jolt in the form Ahmad clinched third place in in 73 kg, Younis Ali, Anil Sharma and in plus 90 kg, Shubham Singh England Innings: India did of Jos Buttler (0), who was pants. Football, Athletics and Hockey not have the 3rd Ski Mountaineering Kuldip Patil, president of Ski were conducted at Jammu and Rajinder Singh secured top Sukhdev and Arun Sharma Jason Roy c Kumar b Washington Sundar 46 adjudged off Bhuvneshwar three medals besides in 81 kg, clinched top three medals respec- best of starts in Championship which was con- Mountaineering Association University Ground and Basketball Jos Buttler lbw b Kumar 0 Kumar in the third ball of the cluded here today. Shubham Singh, Rakesh Singh and tively. the chase as innings. India (SMAI), Santosh Pal, tech- matches were conducted at Dawid Malan lbw b Chahal 24 In individual race, Gulam Gulshan Ground Jammu. Mohd Ishfaq won gold, silver and In wushu girls, Tabassum and they lost KL Jason Roy (46 off 35) and nical director SMAI, Abid Jonny Bairstow c Yadav b Mohammad, Zubair Ahmad, In body building men, Dalip bronze medals respectively and in Asiya bagged gold medals in 60 Washington Sundar 20 Rahul in the Dawid Malan (24 off 23) Ahmad Bhat, president JK Ski 90 kg, Ranjeet Singh, Pawan and and 65 kg respectively, whereas in opening over Tanveer bagged first three posi- Mountaineering Association, Singh and Zulfakar Ali clinched Eoin Morgan c Pant b Thakur 28 shared 63 runs off 47 balls to tions respectively, whereas in the top two medals in 50-60 kg, where- Sukhdev Singh secured top three taekwondo, Ashiq Majeed, Atul for naught, take the England innings for- Fayaz Kashmiri secretary Ben Stokes c Pandya b Thakur 24 vertical race, Gulam Mohammad, as in 60-70 kg, Shubnandan medals and in 100 kg, top three Sharma and Rohit Chib clinched caught by Jos ward. JKSMA and Waseem Ahmad Sam Curran not out 6 Zubair Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmad Sharma, Rohit Kumar and Vijay medals were clinched by Razak gold medals in 63, 74 and 80 kg Buttler behind But the dangerous-looking were also present on the occa- Ali, Gulshan Singh and Shamsher respectively. Chris Jordan not out 0 stood 1st, 2nd and 3rd respective- Kumar bagged top three medals the stumps off partnership was broken by sion. Singh while in plus 100 kg, Extras: (B-1, LB-10, W-5) 16 ly and in vertical race women, and in 70-80 kg, Adil Bhat, Deepak left-arm pacer Yuzvendra Chahal in the ninth The races were officiated by Shubham Singh, Darshan and Trials for Cycling National Total: (For 6 wickets in 20 overs) 164 Manika Gunjyal of Uttarakhand Sharma and Ranjit Singh secured Sam Curran. over when he trapped Malan Santosh Pal of Delhi, whereas the Rakesh Singh stood 1st, 2nd and Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-64, 3-91, 4-119, 5-142, 6- got first place while Kriya of MP first three places besides in 80-90 Kishan, LBW in front of the crease as event was organised by Ski 3rd respectively. C’ship on Mar 17 160 secured second place kg, Mohd Tayab, Mujeer Ahmed known for his India got the review right on Mountaineering Association and Rafiq Ahmed won top three In Athletics 800 mtrs, Salman Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-28-1, The chief guest on the occa- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Washington Sundar 4-0-29-2, Shardul Thakur 4- attacking bat- this occasion. (India) in collaboration with JK medals respectively and in 90 kg, Ahmed, Shubam Sharma and sion was Junaid Azim Mattu, Akhtar Ali stood 1st, 2nd and 3rd JAMMU, Mar 14: Cycling 0-29-2, Hardik Pandya 4-0-33-0, Yuzvendra ting, made a Just when Roy was looking Ski Mountaineering Association. Paramjeet Singh, Jalil Ahmed and whereas in discuss throw, Association of Jammu and Chahal 4-0-34-1. formidable dangerous, he was caught at Samit Khan clinched gold, silver England attack deep square leg by and bronze medals respectively. Mahender Sigh Adil Hussain and Kashmir (CAJA) is going to con- Arun Sharma remained 1st, 2nd duct selection trials for 72nd India Innings: look ordinary Bhuvneshwar off Washington In powerlifitng men, Rohit with his dis- Singh, Sahil Gupta and Mahinder and 3rd respectively and in 5000 Senior, 49th Junior, 35th Sub KL Rahul c Buttler b Sam Curran 0 Sundar's bowling in the 12th dainful hitting. Singh remained 1st, 2nd and 3rd in mtrs race, top three places were Junior and National Track Ishan Kishan lbw b Rashid 56 over. His sensational below 60 kg, whereas in 60-66 kg, clinched by Ram Raj, Mohd Cycling Championship which are Virat Kohli not out 73 At 130 for four in the 15th knock com- Shubnandan Sharma, Peerzada Ashraf and Rakesh Singh besides scheduled to be held at Usmania Rishabh Pant c Bairstow b Jordan 26 over, England looked well in prised five Akhtar and Ajay Bharti clinched in long jump, 1st, 2nd and 3rd posi- University Telengana, Hyderbad.
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